30 showroom

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Probably wouldn't win at a show

 

[mercman from oz]

 

[nkaminar]

Before plastic flowers.

 

[Keith True]

Looks like the Roadster on the right is missing it's ceiling.Interesting though,the one on the right has dual sidemounts,probably dealer added as they had just one from the factory.And,the one on the left has no side mount,but looks to be a DeLuxe by the chrome WS frame.Looks to be a 30 by the radiator shell,but Ford didn't move the spare back to the rear for the DeLuxe until 31.

 

[John D]

What's up with all the flowers? Looks like a funeral parlor. ��

 

[Keith True]

Actually I think the one on the left is a Cabriolet.I spotted the pegs sticking up on top of the windshield that positions the top header.Looking closer I think I see three door hinges too.I can't make out the top mechanism,but it looks like what is laying there is folded up straight pieces.

 

[Zax40]

The deer heads mounted on the walls are an interesting choice for a Ford showroom

 

[katy]

Pretty fancy showroom, and spacious, one doesn't see places like that anymore.

 

[Kurt in NJ]

and evidently those cars don’t leak — no pans underneath on the floor it seems.

 

[J Franklin]

and evidently those cars don’t leak — no pans underneath on the floor it seems.

They don't leak unless driven. Easy to clean tile or stone floors also.

 

[Marshall V. Daut]

Keith is correct. It is a Cabriolet on the extreme left, a 1930 68-B straight windshield.
Marshall,
early 1929 Cabriolet

 

[A Model A]

Balsiger Ford Building interior
Klamath County Museum Photo of the Week for Nov. 8, 2015 – Following up on our photo from last week, this image shows the Balsiger Motor Co. showroom in the early 1930s. Like the building's exterior, the showroom also was done up with an Egyptian motif. Lens distortion affects the appearance of the cars in the foreground. The Balsiger family operated Klamath's Ford dealership into the late 1970s at the corner of Main and Esplanade. It became the John Stribling dealership in 1979, and by 1983 took the familiar name of Harvest Ford, which moved to a new location on Washburn Way around 1987. The algae processing firm Cell Tech occupied this space in the 1990s. The building has been mostly vacant for the past 15 years. The City of Klamath Falls recently acquired an interest in the property, and is considering a proposal for new construction on the site
https://www.facebook.com/Klamath.County.Museum/photos/a.125751600803505/1068099513235371

Clockwise from the Cabriolet, Deluxe Fordor, Tudor, Sport Coupe, Roadster/RPU?, Phaeton, Town Sedan, Fordor, Coupe, Roadster

Exterior shot from 1937, the above Facebook page says the building was torn down in 2016.

Is that a Deluxe Pickup?

 

[JayJay]

What a lovely old building! Google Maps aerial photo shows an empty lot on that location .

 

[ursus]

What a lovely old building! Google Maps aerial photo shows an empty lot on that location .

The Balsiger Ford building was built in 1929 and featured the Egyptian Revival style popular at the time. A heavy snowfall around 2008 caused the roof to collapse, with damage so severe as to render the structure a total loss and it was razed a few years later.

 

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Dig those signs. Even the Richfield

 

[Bruce of MN]

I think the flowers are for a posed photo and don't give enough room for real customers.